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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1924)
in ri TheWeather OREGON' RIGHT PAGES TODAY Rain west! The Big Annual number of the Oregon Statps man will "be out on January first. Send on to your friends in the east. Boost the Salt. a district. The Annual contains much Information. rain or snow east portion; warmer east; moder f ate to strong southerly gales along the coasts MondayMax. 51; Min. 48; River 6.6 Rising; Rainfall .53; Atmosphere cloudy; Wind south. i SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 30, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR V V . - J T 9 V 4 A i i i -4 V AUTO 1 L1UST OBTA 1925 LICENSE Either Get Plates or Make Application, Advice Given By Kozer; Penalties May Be Inflicted ANNUAL RUSH DRAWS : CROWDS TO CAPITOL More Than 1000 Tags Issued . Over' Counter Monday; Force Is Swamped Salerri automobile owners will either have to dig up the price of a 1925 license plate between now and Thursday or else store their machines and use street cars un til they have - saved the needed cash if the sheriff!, chiefs of police marshals, justices of the peace and city recorders of the state follow out Instructions mailed yesterday by Sam, A. Kozer, secretary of state. . Early In November all owners of motor vehicles received printed Instructions . and other necessary information for use in making ap plication for their 1925 license, Secretary of State Kwer i. points out. This action was with a view of facilitating the work of' the motor vehicle division of the de partment and .to relieve the coun ties of .unnecessary demands for temporary license tags around the first of the year. y Opportunity Given "Motor car owners received the blanks long before January 1 and there should be no excuse for re quests for temporary tags to coyer the operation of vehicles duly licensed in 1924," the instructions read. "Motor car owners who are found ; operating, their cars after January r and who have not made application for the 1925 .licenses are doing so in open, violation of the motor vehicle law of the state and subject themselves , to the penalties imposed for such viola tion." Long Line Formed . Limousine, truck and flivver owners stepped on. each others toes in the long line at the auto mobile department of the secre tary of state's office Monday, waiting their turn to receive a 1925 automobile license plate. The line extended in a long circle to the middle of the main lobby on the first floor of the state house. , Approximately 1000 plates were issued over the counter In 1 the secretary , of state's department Monday while a total check of pla tes issued so far this year gives but 30,500. This number is way under the number of plates Issued for the corresponding period last year. ,' " " i ; v Mall Sack Filled Every mail is. .bringing In sacks . of applications foV licenses and nearly 2000. euch sleltea- mere re ceived yesterday; Every Effort Is being made to speed up .the appli cations and to prevent, if possible, the last minute rush. Because of the lack of Interest In "early shopping," It Is probable that the new yellow and black tags will not be distributed to all automo bile owners for several weeks Several automobile owners are putting the new tags on ; their machines. These should not be placed until the first day of the year, according, to T. A. Raffety, chief state traffic officer. lILBIffillE MM OFFICE HERE Headquarters of 382nd In fantry, Organized Reserve, "Out" Jan. 1 Headquarters of the 382nd In fantry, organized reserve, will be discontinued after the first of the year, according to Sergeant C. R. Lucy, who has been in charge of the office at the postofflce for the last year and a half. No reasons for the abolition were given in the orders received by the ser geant. Sergeant and Mrs. Lucy have been making their home in West Salem for several months, but will move to Portland, where Sergeant Lucy will report to the chief of . staff of the 96th division. Ser geant Lucy does not know where he will be sent from Portland, but anticipates being kept in that city duty for 8orae time. Ice Undermines Bridge Spanning Mill C,reek; Others Are Threatened Underpinning of the North Fif teenth street; bridge over north Mill creek was swept away by the ice and raging torrent in the creek late Monday afternoon and both the North Fourteenth and North Winter street bridges were ser iously threatened at a late hour last, night. Both of these bridges were resting with one end in the water. The! bridge on North Church has also been placed on the unsafe list by the fire depart ment and is ; not out of danger. The State street structure, be tween Nineteenth and Twenty first, was partially closed yester day because of danger. High water, brought by the melting of the snow and the rain over the week-end, has caused a rush of the current, the ice cakes being flung with tremendous force against the wooden underpinning of the bridges. incus QUITS Paul V. Johnson Endorsed for Vacancy; Low Retained Street Commissioner Alderman ' A. F. Marcus last night tendered h!g resignation at an informal ; meeting of the city council, effective January 1. While the council could not elect his successor It endorsed Paul V. Johnson to represent Ward 3 In the place of 1 Alderman Marcus. The council also endorsed Walter Low for street commissioner. The election of those endorsed 'will take place at the next ? regular meeting pf the council. Alderman Marcus has been in ill health for some time, j Work on city sewers will get under way immediately, the street committee announced, and needy men will be given the preference to help relieve the unemployment situation in Salem. ! Several streets in South Salem, which are on the 1925 paving" pro gram, will see preliminary work under way in the near future. Con siderable rock work and excava tion , is necessary preliminary to hardsurfacing the streets when the season opens. Men actually in need of employment, those with families and veterans, will begiv- enj preference in this work as well as on the sewer construction pro gram, Mayor J. B. Giesy said last night. . Mayor Giesy stated last night that the damage done to the wood en piling bridges only emphasiz ed I his contention that the city needs permanent bridge construc tion, pointing out that all those of this nature have withstood floods and cie. Wooden piling bridges are only a constant source of expense to the city, he said. prohibition eiiL CUES BIG sum Provision Made for Expendi ture of $11, 000,000 for , Dry? Enforcement WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Pro vision In the treasury post office appropriation bill for expenditure of $11,000,000 for prohibition en forcement daring the coming fiscal year was approved today by the house. i Rapid progress was made with consideration of the bill which is the .largest peace time supply measure ever before congress, car rying nearly three quarters of a billion dollars. Taken up under an agreement limiting debate to three hours, general discussion was completed after little more than half of the text had - been read. ": - : Prohibition enforcement was as sailed during the debate, Repre sentative Hill, republican, Mary land, complaining about the cost which he declared would exceed $28,000,000. during the coming fiscal year, while Representative Laguardia, i republican. New York, declared three or l four times as much money as is now being spent must be made available. for en forcement activities if the federal government is to get anywhere In its effort. ; - CITY COUNCIL ' - 3 .... .- None of the brtrtges spanning the South Mll creek or !' those across the wiillaraefte are in dan ger, as the ce Is flowing along with the currtent and has plenty of room. Unable to strain, the withstand the severe cable holding the steamer "Relief" to the bank. narted Monday morning, sinking the boat In about 20 feet of water and doing aWeral thousands of dollars worti of damage. About half of the jvessel is submerged. The "Relief is now resting on the bottom of the river anad is be lieved safe from further damage byi the ice. The boat will b rais ed and, temporary repairs made here before taken to a dry dock at Portland, officials of the Inland Transportation company announc ed yesterday. Another boat will (Contiaaed en pagt ) i i All Points in Oregon Report Higher Temperature; Little Snow Left PORTLAND, Or., : Dec. 29. Warm southerly winds, accompan ied by intermittent rainfall today drove most I of the signs of Ore gon's recent! cold snap away and Portland baiked in a temperature of 51 degrees above zero, in strik ing contrast to the last two weeks of below f reexing temperatures. . . Reports from both eastern and western Oregon were that rain was falling and! that the snow was fast disappearing. ' I . .f : Ice Jn tbi Willamette river was hrnlren Tin and caonditions on the lower Columbia river, where much difficulty hjis been met by ship ping because of the Ice floes, were reported improved. DM SECRET Evidence v lion&ire orl Death of "Mil- Orphan" Is Sub-J mitfed to Coroner ' 1 ; CHICAGO, Dec. 29.- An Incom plete report the subject of which was kept secret, on the analysis of the vita i organs of .William N. McClintockj "millionaire orphan," Who died three weeks ago, while his fiancee waited to marry him, was submitted to Coroner Oscar Wolff, todiy, by Dr. William D. McNally, coroner's chemist, and his associates. The final report will be made next Friday. Mean while, assistants of Robert E Crowe, state's attorney, were pro ceeding vigorously with the que tioning of) witnesses while Wil liam D. Shepherd, who, with his wife, had cared for the young mil lionaire and who is the principal beneficiary under the terms of MeCHntockfs will, announced fur ther plan If or legal action he con templates against persons he says instigated jthe investigation to in jure him. r 4 A. F. Reichmann, who with Mrs. Shepherd was a co-guardian of young jMcCHntock, : was the most important witness to appear before thej state's attorney's as sistants toflay. He told of an un successful j effort he had made once to Rev. Mrs. Shepherd from co-guardianship, according to George E. Gorman assistant state's attorney. jReichmann said he had no ill feeling toward Shepherd and had sought Mrs. Shepherd's re moval as a guardian because she violated the advice of physicians during McClintock's childhood by taking him west while Reichmann was in Europe. Mr. Reichmann said he was In Kansas City when young McClin tock died I and did not know he was ill. Reichmann said he had called on Judge Harry Olson, chief justice of ' the municipal court and la friend of the McClin tock family, as well as the man who asked for the Investigation, but said he had not himself asked that an Investigation .into ' then boy's death be made iraiis BREAK FREEZE WILL RE IT, EMBASSY SAYS Rumor That War Debts to United States Were to Be Disavowed Is Held Untrue By Officials WASHINGTON IS STIRRED BY UNOFFICIAL REPORTS Incident Grows Out of Publi cation of New Financial Balance Sheet f - WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (By The Associated PressO- Hints that France might be moving to ward a disavowal of her war debts to the United States were rep udiated unconditionally tonight by' the French embassy after they enCh id an had caused an unaccustomed stir In Washington. Embassy oriicials not only rei terated the intention of their gov ernment to meet its obligations, but declared the widespread ap prenhension that suddenly enveli oped the American capital today had been evolved from a set of circumstances which In themsel ves had no international signi ficance. I - The Incident apparently had its genesis' in the publication of a new balance sheet by the French ministry of finance. In which H reference to the debt to the United States was omitted. This the em bassy declared, was due simply1 to a provision of French law, which prevents inclusion of contemplated expenditures in the budget unless the exact amounts are known and specific appropriations are includ ed td offset them. No settlement having been reached with .f&e United States It was stated, nO such Item could be entered on a ledger which must .balance down to the last centime. This explanation was made by the embassy after it had been sec ured indirectly of conferences among administration officials and speeches in congress, warning the French nation against any pro gram of repudiation. Because of the diplomatic ame nities, the administration had not itself made formal . comment . on the incident, but emphatic dissent from any cancellation of debts had none the less been made unmistak ably clear and there had been a rumble of debate on the subject in both senate and house. Secretary Hughes held a long conference during the day which assistant Secretary Wadsworth of the treasury, who is secretary of the American debt commission and afterward there were indications that ; the American government wa9 receiving news of the French balance sheet with astonishment amounting almost to unbelief J ft was pointed out on high authority that France heretofore had re cognized her obligations in various ways. That less than a week ago Ambassador JuSSerand had ' dec Iared In a public speech that his government would . pay, even though it could not do so at once. and that at the present moment discussions were under way look ing to a method of settlement BIRTHDAY PARTY V Ninety-Fourth Anniversary Celebrated; Oregon Pi oneers are Present SEATTLE, Dec. 29. Ezra Meeker of Seattle, who drove an ox : team from Indianopolis to Olympla, Wash.,. in 1852, celebrat ed his ninety fourth birthday an niversary here today. ' More than fifty Washington and Oregon pioneers were Mr. Meek ers guests at a theater where films were shown of his trip in October of this year from Van couver, Wash., to Washington, D. C. with Lieutenant Oakley K. Kelley. V . Rev. Harry Sumner Templeton, Mr. Meeker's grandson, served as toastmaster at a banquet at the dinner party. Meeting the guests were George H.- Himes, curator of the Oregon historical society, and secretary, of the Oregon-Pioneer association, Portland, Of.; Mrs. Mary Jackson and members from the .Borrowed .Time club of Seat tle. ' ,f S INTOLERANCE IS 1 BREEDER OF MOST OF WORLD'S EVIL Dr. C. A. IClwood I e-tares Hatred nml Krr are Product of : ' Intolerance. CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-f By The Associated Press. J) Intolerance sweeping the world today in re ligion, education, economics,' sci ence, and government is breeding ground for hypocrisy, moral cow ardice, hatred and fear. Dr. Charles A. Elwood, of the Univer sity of Missouri emphasized to night in his address before the Joint meeting of the American So ciological society of which he Is president, the American Stastical association and the American Ec onomics association.. No student of social life will deny that there has been a rapid growth of intol erance in the last two decades. "Fundamentalists have arisen to dispute the contention that the age of religious intolerance is past," he said. Dr. Elwood cited without nam ing a secret organization with members said to number into the millions, as detailed evidence of wide-spread intolerance. ...- This . organization," he) said, "however lofty its pretensions. spring from radical, religious and political intolerance, and in every community feeds intolerance. Its Very conception Is inconsistent with our tolerant principles of government." Chaser Costs $342,000; Is One of 1 5 Ships Ordered SEATTLE, Dec 29.. The sev enth rum chaser of a fleet of 15 ordered for. the coast guard serv ice from the Lake Union Drydocx and Machine works here was del ivered today,- The cost of the vessel was $342,000. The other eight rum chasers have been launched and engined and, it is expected, will be deliv ered by the end of February. " LIQUOR RULIXQ MADE SEATTLE, Dec. 29. Prohibi tion agents cannot legally enter and search a private residence for liquor unless - statutory require ments have been complied with and have evidence that liquor is being sold, .Federal Judge Jere miah Neterer ruled here today in granting a petition of W. E. Peter sen "for suppression of evidence. Attorney Arrives Here to In vestigate Charges; May ; File Papers Further Investigation of charges brought ! "by Dr. A. Slaughter against T. B. Kay, state treasurer elect, whose disqualification for Ot'ice is being sought, brought T. M. Kerrigan, Portland attorney and former j member of the public service commission, to Salem yes terday. ' j- ' Mr". Kerrigan said yesterday that he had prepared a complaint similar i to that made by Dr Slaughter and had intended to file his papers Monday. Further Investigation was found necessary. He said last night that the papers might be filed during the day, but that he was returning to Portland late this afternoon. ' In speaking of his charges Mon day, Dr. Slaughter said be was not so much interested in having Mr. Kay disqualified on the ground of violation of the corrupt practises act as' he was lh testing the law. "I want to know if candidates can 'spend unlimited amounts of money to secure election to public office," Dr. Slaughter said. .; Records at the secretary of state's office, showing the ex penses incurred by candidates and the amounts spent by each, indi cate that Mr. Kay, who has had considerable experience along this line, had kept himself within the limits specified by law. SCOUTS GATHER PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. Boy Scout leaders from all parts of Oregon and Washington were in session here today More than 200 boys were in attendance. Scouting methods were discussed and song, and yell contests held. The sesHion will close tomorrow. KNIFE VICTIM DIES PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29. Nels Frederickson, who was stab ben last Friday in an altercation with William Hell, died here to ntTht. Bell was held by the police on a murder charge. (EMU H PROTEST W tlalph T. Lewis and Bride, President Harding's ; Sister, Leaving on Honeymoon Trip to Bermuda ) i A romance that began many years ago cultalT'ated in the mar riage of Miss Abigail Victoria uaniins' sister of the late Presi dent, and Ralph T. Lewis. Marlon. O., real estate operator. miss Reputation for Veracity Held Bad; Would Not Believe Him Under Oath CHICAGO, Dec. 29. (By Asso ciated Press.) Eight witnesses for the defense testified in the Forbes-Thompson veterans' bureau conspiracy trial here today that the general reputation of Elias H. Mortimer,' principal government witness for truth and veracity was bad and that they would not be lieve him under oath. Four other witnesses were called to refute various allega tions of the prosecution evidence regarding the administration of the veterans bureau under form er Director Charles R. Forbes 'and the latter's relations with Morti mer, who was at that time -1922 contractor's agent in negotia tions with , the bureau. J. W. Thompson, wealthy St. Louis and Chicago contractor, whose firm, the Pontiac-Construction company of Detroit, executed a contract tor $160,000 for the veterans hospit al at Northampton, Mass., is co defendant with Forbes on charges of conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment. ' ; ' PASSENGER LIUJER IS AFIRE AT SEA Ship Burning in Pacific; Dis tress Call Ends With "Come Quick" LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30. The Japanese passenger ; liner Ginyu Maru, en route to Pacific coast ports from 1 Balboa, Canal Zone, Is afire and calling for assistance, according to radio advices received here early , today by the federal telegraph company. The burning ship gave its posi tion as latitude 7 degrees 52 min utes north, and longitude 102 de grees, 53 minutes west. The dis tress call ended with the plea: "Come quick!" NEW SCHOOL LAWS ASKED BY COUNCIL Oregon State Teachers' As sociation Is Opened; Nominations Made PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29. The 1924 Oregon legislature will be called to pass upon eight ques tions involving change. in the pre sent school laws, including the free text book proposal, teachers' retirement r fund and request f or new. normal school facilities, as a result of resolutions adopted by the representative council of the Oregon state teachers' association which opened here today. Officers of the association were nominated today and It was said that the nominations would be ratified tomorrow without contest. Those nominated follow: Miss Cornelia J. Spencer, Port land, president; J. S.' Landers, Monmouth, vice president; Susan-, ne Holmes-Carter, ' Jacksonville, Heinlow, . Pendleton and George W. Hug, : Salem, executive com mittee." , -: -. V , MORTIMER HIT IN TESTIMONY li . ...i :: : ..... : (J - s if 5 f.1 1 Harding taught in Harding High School in Marlon for' more "than twenty years. This photograph was made aa the honeymoon couple were leaving- New York for Ber muda, - WAR ON RAISE OF RATES Postal Increase Assailed at Committee Hearing; Re-- sume Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Pro posed, increases in postal rates were assailed again today before the Joint .congressional commit tee substituting hearings! on the administration measures provid ing for raises in rates on virtually all classes except letter mall. , While protests were " made against increases in all classes of mail, second class rates received principal attention from today's witnesses. Representatives of publishers reiterated opposition to an .. Increase on this class, bat spokesmen for the direct mail association of the associated ad vertisers' club of the world argued that if any Increases were to be made this class should stand the brunt of the boost. Chairman Moses called the com mittee into session again for to morrow when hearings will be re sumed in an effort to get the bill before the senate by next Monday when President Coolidge's veto of the postal salary increase bill comes up for debate. John H. Wright, New York magazine publisher and repre srnting the mail advertisers' as- soclatlon told the committee "this ia not the moment for in creases if you want American in dustry to go on and prosper." Cranston Williams, manager of the Southern newspaper publish ers' association, declared the pro posed increase in second class rates represents the difference be tween profit and loss to publish ers of the smaller papers. Ask ing more time to consider the cost ascertainment report compiled by the post office department, Mr, Williams said his organization was willing to pay for its share of post office expenses. ' . Richard II. Lee, speaking for the direct mail association insist ing that the bulk of j increases should be placed on second class mail if any are necessary, declared the cost ascertainment report showed this class now resulted in a loss of $75,000,000 annually to the government and that It should be made to pay more than f 10,- 000,000 of the $68,000,000 pro posed to be raised by the bill. ONE KILLED, 10 HURT 111 SMASHUP Car Piunges . Off End oi Street Onto Deck of River Boat; Turns Over PORTLAND. Or., Dec. 29 John Allingham was killed in stantly and Miss Alice Major and C. J. Theulin were gravely Injur ed here tonight when an automo bile in which they were riding was driven off the end of Main street, where It dropped 12 feet onto the deck of the river boat Efin. which was tied up In the Willamette river at this point. . The automobile landed bottom side up, pinning the three occu pants beneath. Witnesses said that they saw the automobile dashing toward the river at high speed and called out warnings td the occupants but the machine did not slacken speed. i (in i coy is FOUND GUILTY o ioo i: Jury Returns Manslausiitcr Verdict at 5:03 OX!::!; After Being Locked Up fcr - 78 Hours - SENTENCE TO BE READ FRIDAY; JUDGE SILENT Penalty Carries From 1 to 10 v Years Imprisonment; 24 , Ballots Cast LOS ANGEUES, Dec. 29. Kid McCoy, former pugilist, was con victed In superior court late today of manslaughter in connection with the, shooting here August IS last oC M r. : Theresa Mors. The penalty for manslaughter is front one to ten years' imprisonment. When the verdist was read Mc Coy's eyes became tear dimmed e j he sat at the end of the counsel table. "I don't believe it was a just verdict." he said. "If I am not guilty as charged, I am not guilty at all. It was not a Ju t verdict." ' f Comforts Sisters The prisoner then rose and la custody of bailiffs walked across the conrt room to comfort hi three sisters, who were weeping. Foreman F. AV. Coulthcr of th jury said that the verdict was a compromise one "the best we could do." The Jury, which was out longc? than any other in the legal his tory of Los Angeles county, hal been locked up for 78 hours when the verdict was returned at 5:C5 o'clock tonight and had (been ia actual deliberation for 34 t- Twenty-four ballots were 1 . , before the Jate of tM f : prize - f iShter was read ia tta court. The jury was comprised cl nine women and three men. No Comment Made Superior Judge C. S. Crail fcai no comment to make other tLn "I guess it was the best that thej could do." Several hundred persons, many of them women and members ol southern California boxing circles, thronged the halls outside tha court room when the verdict was returned. Sentence will be passed Friday at 10 a. m. Defense attorneys an nounced tonight that notice of ap peal would be filed at that tine, Mrs. Mors, divorced wife of Al bert A. Mors, and joint owner with him of the Mors antiqua shop in a fashionable shopping district here, was found dead of a bullet wound in aa apartment leased to ' "Mr. and lira. N. Shields." 1 , ' , Her body was discovered about Continued eu ptta e V ; MONDAY IN WASH1N6TOI1 Hearings were continued by the congressional joint committee on the postal rate increase bill. Secretary Weeks approved a plan for rewarding the army world fliers by advancing them on the promotion lists. ...." A resolution was introduced by Senator Norris, republican, Ne braska, for the federal trade com mission to Investigate an alleged "power trust." Secretary Hughes and Aetsssa dor Howard of Great Britain ad dressed scientific gatherings on peace questions. Senators Bruce of Maryland and Harrison of Mississippi en gaged In an inter-party debate cu democratic policies. , The state department directtul Ambassador Kellogg to make in quiries of Great Britain regard::; ; the British potato embargo. Senator Couzens, repull.'rsn, Michigan, introduced a resolution to reduce local appropriation to! federal offices - except in l,ouja' cases. Administration officials pave consideration to the French war debt question while the qu : was discussed on the floor of ! , :i the house and senate. - The department of justfoo nouneed it had confidence in ; i Jurors as would be draVn i Hudson county. New Jers . trial of the Weekawken ' cases.